Erect1

Don't you just hate it when you never seem to have candles of the right size at hand when you need them? That problem is over now, for the Erect1 holds candles from 19 mm up to 24 mm and always straight up. No more bungling with matches, knives or whatever it takes to make your candle fit and get them straight. No! Simply press the candle into the candleholder Erect1 and the cutting edges will cut right through the candle creating a solid fixture.

The lighting fixture by BOO is a cooperation between Ben Oostrum and Brigit Varenkamp. The occasion to make these lights was the assignment of the Culturalis Theater (now theater de Vaillant) in the Hague to make a light sculpture in their tower. As we couldn't find suitable lamps for this situation, we decided to make them ourselves.
The result is a lighting design in three sizes and several applications.

The Biosphere S is a tribute to the inventor of the "geodesic" dome; my hero and visionary Buckminster Fuller. In 1967 he built a dome, constructed with triangles and hexagonal shapes as the United States pavilion for the world expo: the Biosphere.
Our Biosphere S is a lot smaller, meant to grow seeds or store your bought potted herbs. With the ventilation valve in de shape of the XALA logo you can open or close the Biosphere S. The Biosphere S is available in White, Yellow, Green and Blue.

The latest technology in the field of furniture construction is used on the Easy Chair, i.e. Frame Foam. This specially designed solid polyurethane foam offers great freedom in the shape of the construction. Laid in with different sorts of soft foam it provides the Easy Chair with the combination of practical applicability and great comfort. The Easy Chair is upholstered with Interglobe Wool from Gabriel. This durable and flame-retardant fabric is deliverable in 60 colours. For the dyeing and after-treatment, only environmentally correct products are used, and the colours are completely free of heavy metals. Besides the many choices of colour, different colours can be combined in one chair or/and the seams can be stitched in a contrasting colour.
The Easy Chair is successfully applied at different locations. For instance, at the lounge of the Communication and Multimedia Design department of the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam.